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...accelerating plane splashed down the runway, Pettit was alarmed by the instrument readings for engine thrust. "God," he said, "look at that thing. That don't seem right, does it? Ah, that's not right." Wheaton: "Yes, it is." Pettit: "Naw, I don't think that's right. Ah, maybe it is. I don't know...
...divers searched for the bodies, investigators examined the plane for clues to the crash. Officials are trying to determine if the plane touched down too late or whether the runway was icy. Pilot Peter Langley says he tried to slow the aircraft with brakes, reverse thrust and wing flaps. About 40 minutes before the crash, another pilot radioed that braking conditions on the runway were "poor to nil." But five planes landed safely between that report and the accident...
...first 20 minutes. Harvard's main offensive thrust was provided by Andy Mainelli's four long-distance jumpers...
...figure" (Abbott). Adan, he said, made what looked like "a conciliatory gesture," turned his back and walked away. Abbott flew after him, reached over his shoulder and stabbed with such "terrific velocity" that "the hair swung back on the taller figure's head." The sound of the knife thrust, said Larsen, "rings in my ears today." As Adan lay dying, Larsen said, the "taller figure" stood over him and taunted him "very sadistically...
...main thrust of the bill focuses on innovation rather than basic research, Eskesen said. She added that small businesses would do minor amounts of basic research with the extra money, and she challenged University assertions that business could not or should not carry out such work...